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LANGUE VIVANTE I Epreuve du 1er groupe
ANGLAIS
Women’s rights are human rights
I would like to thank the secretary general of the united nations for inviting me to be part of the
United Nations’ fourth world conference on women. We come together in fields and in factories,
in village markets and supermarkets, in living rooms and board rooms. Whether it is while playing
with our children in the park or washing clothes in a river, or taking a break at the office water
5 cooler, we come together and talk about our aspirations and concerns.
It is conferences like this that compel governments and people everywhere to listen, look and
face the world’s most pressing problems. What we are learning around the world is that if women
are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families
will flourish. If women have the chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society,
10 their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations will flourish. That
is why every woman every man, every child, every family and every nation in our planet has a
stake in the discussion that takes place here.
The great challenge of this conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experience
go unnoticed, whose words go unheard. Women are the primary caretakers for most of the
15 world’s children and elderly. Yet most of the work we do is not valued, not by the popular culture,
not by the government leaders. At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are
giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops,
working on assembly lines running companies and running countries. Women are also dying from
diseases that should have been prevented or treated; they are watching their children succumb
20 to malnutrition caused by poverty and deprivation; they are being denied the right to go to school
by their own families; they are being forced into prostitution, and they are being barred from the
bank lending office and banned from the ballot box..
As long as discrimination and inequities remain so commonplace around the world – as long as
girls and women are valued less, fed less, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to
25 violence in and out of their homes, the potential of the human family to create a peaceful,
prosperous world will not be realized.
Thank you very much!

Adapted from Women’s rights are human rights, a famous speech by Hillary
rodham
Clinton. Beijin, China: September 5th 2009.

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LANGUE VIVANTE I Epreuve du 1er groupe

I. READING COMPREHENSION (08 pts)

A. Find in the indicated paragraphs the equivalents of the words in column A. Put your
answers in column B (2.5 pts)

Column A Column B
To force someone (Par.2) 1
A special interest (Par 2) 2
Urgent (Par 2) 3
To be excluded (Par 3) 4
Normal, familiar (Par 4) 5

B. There are categories of women in the text. Identify them by matching items in columns
A and B (01.5 pts)

6-… playing with our children in the park a- Housewife in rural area
7-… washing clothes in a river b- Housewife in urban area
8-… taking a break at the office water cooler c- Civil rights activist
d- Urban professional
Answers (letters, please): 6__ 7 __ 8 __

C. Women are very busy! Their situation is summarized by one word in the last paragraph.
Indicate it in the table : (01 pt)

“Women are raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes,

cleaning houses, planting crops, working on assembly lines,
running companies and running countries.”
Answer: ________________ (9)

D. Women’s rights are often are denied. Illustrate it by quoting passages in paragraph 3:
(02 pts)
Rights denied
Economic opportunity 10.
Civil rights 11.
Social protection 12.
Access to education 13.

Complete this sentence coherently with another one from the last paragraph : (01 pt)
Unless women are given equal opportunity as men, (14) ________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

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LANGUE VIVANTE I Epreuve du 1er groupe
II. LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (6 pts)
A. Hillary Rodham Clinton is being interviewed after the conference. Complete the
conversation meaningfully. Some of the words are given! (2 pts)
Journalist : Good morning Mrs. Clinton.
Hillary : Good morning!
Journalist : Would you mind (15)___________ (to tell) me about the issues that matter most in
the lives of women and their families?
Hillary : Yes, in a nutshell, there’s systematic (16)__________ (denied- denial-deny) of basic
human rights education, health care, jobs and credit.
Journalist : Which one of them is the (17)___________ (less-least-lesser) acceptable? And
give us your reasons!
Hillary: (18)___________________________________________________________
Journalist : Thank you so much for accepting to answer.
Hillary : Thanks for having me.

B. Women face a variety of issues that could be solved by governments and international
institutions. For each of the following situations, make a recommendation using the
prompt given. (2 pts)
Situation: Women are also dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated.
Recommendation: The World Health Organization should (19) _______________________
________________________________________________________________________

Situation: Women are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty.
Recommendation: Governments must (20)_______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
C. Complete this passage with the right forms of the words in brackets (02 pts)
Violence against women is a burning issue in Senegal. We cannot deny the
(21)______________ (serious) of the worldwide phenomenon, but it can also be solved provided
there is political (22)___________ (commit). Indeed, it is up to governments to (23) _________
(strength) existing legislation and take strong action to come to terms with the problem.
Furthermore, women should be given more legal (24) _____________ (assist) to protect their
rights.
III. WRITING Choose on topic and write about 250 words (06 pts)
TOPIC 1: Many women throughout the world are experiencing domestic violence. Identify the
causes and the consequences of this phenomenon and suggest solutions.
TOPIC 2: One of your sisters is undergoing cruel treatment in her marriage. She writes to ask you
which attitude to adopt. Write a letter to advise her.
TOPIC 3: “No woman deserves to be raped. All perpetrators of sexual violence should be
sentenced to ten years of imprisonment” says your best friend, but you disagree. Write your
conversation.